This Week in Shanghaiist

Our editor recounted the history of her grandmother’s house now that Expo is over and its days on Sinan Lu are dwindling. The house was home to a diplomat who brought the Bund back to the Chinese and a freedom fighter who became China’s first female lawyer.

Animals throughout China can breathe a sigh of relief; authorities are starting to take action on the abuse of animals in parks and zoos across the country.

We finished off Shanghai Fashion Week and have the pictures to show for it. Our verdict for the final show: anticlimactic.

We pit two of Shanghai’s best chocolate purveyors against each other. Which is better? Whisk or hoF?

The tables have been turned; China’s Trade Minister blames America for the current currency saga, blaming the States for printing the dollar ‘uncontrollably’.

This man from Michigan is not exactly the next 007, but he is an international spy! Or, was; he clearly wasn’t very good.

Every party needs a party pooper, and that’s why China was invited. Throwing its toys out of the pram, China pulled out of the Tokyo Film Festival. Just when China could have redeemed it’s self and asserted itself as a party animal, it turns out the Expo closing ceremonies are going to less than colourful.

We also got a bit giddy about the prospect of a 4 hour train to Hong Kong – REAL Dim Sum!